Some of the people are saying the Eight sages took you away to teach you magic,

Maxine Hong Kingston -- The Woman Warrior

...said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,

Lewis Carroll -- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

the author of my history was no sage, but some ignorant chatterer

Miguel de Cervantes -- Don Quixote

Two-Bit nodded sagely.

S.E. Hinton -- The Outsiders

His notable little wife ... had enough to do to attend to her housekeeping and manage her poultry; for, as she sagely observed, ducks and geese are foolish things, and must be looked after, but girls can take care of themselves.

Washington Irving -- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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The sage started, and bent his head aside, as if to catch the fleeting sounds of some passing melody.

Cooper, James Fenimore -- The Last of The Mohicans

"A marvellously sage plan," said Fitzurse, "and, as I think, not entirely of thine own device."